1
: of or relating to an epoch
2
: uniquely or highly significant : momentous
during his three epochal years in the assembly—
C. G. Bowers
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epochally
adverb
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But China in 2025 is suffering the consequences of a Xi era that’s talked a great game of epochal change but achieved little.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
With its endlessly quotable teen slang, closet-envy fashion, and pop culture references, the film remains an epochal '90s movie that hasn't lost a stitch of charm or relevance.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 19 July 2025
This movie was meant to be DC’s epochal Avengers-like moment.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
What’s arguably even more remarkable is that unless something changes very soon, the humans making that epochal discovery might not be NASA and the American space scientists who power it.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
With its endlessly quotable teen slang, closet-envy fashion, and pop culture references, the film remains an epochal '90s movie that hasn't lost a stitch of charm or relevance.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 19 July 2025
This movie was meant to be DC’s epochal Avengers-like moment.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
What’s arguably even more remarkable is that unless something changes very soon, the humans making that epochal discovery might not be NASA and the American space scientists who power it.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for epochal
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epochal. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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